The Kingdom of Grace
Chapter 3

December 3, 2010 (thirty past seven)...

After eight months of living in darkness territory, William and Elizabeth were tortured each day by the evil lord’s mystery people and its tricks inside their head, and without going to his counsellor every two weeks, he wasn’t sure how to survive inside a jail cell where its negative energy come toward their mind, and kept their eyes open for unknown intruders. If lucky, they may sleep for ten minutes until the evil lord surprised them with his tricks such as his baby snakes slither to their path, bats flapping around their jail cell, poison ivy grew out of control until their heads bow down to his loyalty, however, they were taught not to become followers of evil, and not to become greed in his offers, especially his offers includes with the price of the soulmate and the soul. Their feet and hands were chained to a fire torch handcuffs where if they try to escape the handcuffs, it’ll turn into the ring of fire, and suffer a 200-degree Celsius on their wrist. Elizabeth slides next to her husband as he was doing his breathing exercise like the counsellor recommended to do when feeling agony, anger or frighten, and lays her head next to his shoulders.

“How are you feeling, dear?”, Elizabeth asked.

“I’m not sure if I could keep surviving this prison, my negative thoughts are flowing back to me, telling me to kill yourself, cheat on your wife with multiple women, kill innocent people, abandon your wife and children, kill the loved ones close to your heart, and other things could affect my relationship with God and his son. I don’t know what to do, Elizabeth. We’ve been trapped for the past eight months with chains that cause us to not use our magic to break free, staring at the elderly man dying on his last breath across from us, and we’ve dealt with the evil lord and his tricks each day. I’m losing my positive thoughts, and the more I think negative about myself, the greater his strength will grow… Sooner or later, I’ll lose you because I bow down to his darkness, and never going to see my children grow.“, William said before a couple of tears dropped down his face.

His wife quickly wiped his tears away, kissed him, and butchered into his eyes that he was the same man who married her and granted them four children together. Sometimes, his mental health had caused their marriage to go downhill when Elizabeth caught him drinking while taking care of little James and Olivia; Immediately, she wants to divorce him and take the children to her hometown in Ely, however, she wasn’t going to let her children raised without a father in their life, and gave him a second chance.

“Don’t be hard on yourself, especially if you know you’re not yourself, it’s the power of the evil lord to whisper into your ears and say these negative words to you.“, Elizabeth said as she held his hands.

“I’m trying my best, darling, I wish I could be a better man for you.“, William said.

“Remember the day we met inside my family shoe?“, Elizabeth asked.

“Yes, I remembered… I was in the third semester of my culinary arts program in France, I travelled down to your family shoe company in Ely, to search for non-slip shoes in solid black… When we fell down on the ground, we locked our eyes to each other and gazed at your beauty and personality… Gave me a chance to settle down with the most fitting woman I have ever met.“, William said as he thought positive thoughts and butchers into his wife’s eyes.

“See, that’s the spirit, dear, keep those happy thoughts inside your mind, and together, we’ll replace a way out of this prison, okay.“, Elizabeth said as she continues to hold his hands.

“God willing, we’ll reunite with our children, in Jesus name, Amen”, William said before he kissed her hand.

“Amen, William.“, Elizabeth said.

As Elizabeth and William hold hands and stare at the emptiness walls, their hope was still high to escape and search for their children, and hope and pray that they’ve found shelter and no harm will come to them.

Sarah was hiding in the Netherworld’s night bar, drinking endless wine until she can longer think like a human, and writes in her diary since Miranda’s death. When she witnessed Miranda’s death in her own eyes, her attitude changed completely and she made a promise to change her faith and her ways toward other people, however, she must survive alone in the world of darkness below the Earth until the war is over.

Sarah’s Diary

December 3, 2010

Dear Madam Diary,

Over the last eight months, my ways of hatred no longer exist inside my soul, and I was living under the higher-level demons as their servant. Eight months is considered eight years in the Netherworld, and drinking wine that tasted like a healing potion; After the dark witch tossed me into the hellhounds territory, I was facing the possibility of death or torture from the hellhounds with their teeth ready to drink my blood or eat my flesh, until I met their leader, mother hellhound, and she was touching me from top to bottom. She ordered me to undress my clothes in front of her, watch the demonstrations of her daughters making love to each other and told me to join in or suffer the consequences for disobedience. At first, I didn’t like the idea because it was against my religion to make love to the same gender, and I was already forced into the sins twice from kissing Miranda in the gym and the evil lord licking my private parts. The way they kiss me was unknown feeling that makes you think whether or no to try date the same gender, however, I was doing it because I want to live back into my heavenly world instead of being their next meal, they all touch me, tongue kiss, kissing down from my neck to my stomach, and then a few moments later, she ordered them to step away and told me to lay in her bed. I didn’t know what was going on, she whispered in my ear saying you’re a beautiful girl, needing attention from her mother, and I could give you pleasure so you won’t feel alone anymore like a siren tricked men into their little games. My head began to feel lightweight, breathing calmly, my body was still as a vegetable, she moved her hand from top to bottom of my body, held one of my legs up, and she kissed me while I was in my deep thoughts. While she kissed down on my body, she asked me the one question I wish I should never respond to, and the question was Do you like to become my daughter? Together, you, me, and your sisters, our numbers will grow stronger and take over the Netherworld for ourselves. I asked myself: why did she mean taken over the Netherworld for ourselves? The next thing I remember was being unconscious on her bed, I was awakened as a newborn hellhound, and my witch magic no longer existed in my blood. I want to snarl toward that beast, although she told me that many of her daughters were once humans or warriors, they had given up their lives to her because their pain was overpowering. Ever since my transformation into a hellhound, I was not only her daughter, I was her personal assistant to run errands for her needs, and sometimes I wonder how she became the beast of female and male. My sisters and I get along sometimes, they all act like some divas need attention from other creatures, and instead of approaching them, they’ll snatch them to their private room, and enjoy their little games until the victims give up or die. I still wonder if I’m going to keep Miranda’s promise after my transformation, and the battle between my inner hellhound and my human spirit were torn apart like paper shear in halves. Someday when all it’s over, I have to decide whether I stay with my mother and sisters or go back home as the sole survivor of my family, and until next time, have a nice day.

Love

Sarah Gilbergs

As she closed her diary and hid inside her little bag, she sensed her sisters approaching, and sat next to her as they had a little chat. Five sisters, she called them divas because of their behaviour sound like catfights without their mother’s presence.

“What’s in that little bag, little sister?”, hellhound #1 said as she tried to grab the bag.

“Why don’t you mind your own business while you’re still breathing? Take a hint, will you?”, Sarah said as she holds her bag to protect from her sisters grabbing it.

“Please don’t tell us that you’re writing a book about the so-called player you hook up with your dead mates and his dead mates?”, hellhound #2 said before the sisters laughed loudly except for Sarah.

“Ha, Ha, Ha!!! Bloody funny, mind as well tell me you’re reasons for being in the bar, or all of your necks will be slit with my fingernails.”, Sarah said before she releases her sharp claws.

“Relax, sweetheart, mother likes to speak to you in private, and the dark witch just sends her an order to bring you for a reason. To be honest, I don’t understand why our mother will listen to that unwanted bitch or became her love partner for over 300 years.”, hellhound #3 said before she rolled her eyes around.

“Since when did a higher-level demon start date a lower-level demon?”, Sarah asked.

“Long story, after the dark witch was led into the Netherworld, she spilled two glasses of wine on our mother, she ordered us to take her into her room, and we were ready to devour her until they began to make love. Ever since they began to date, she has been as her support and strength, and now I hear we all going to kill the current evil lord so the dark witch can take over the Netherworld with us as her own dark forces.”, hellhound #4 said.

“How interesting… Let’s get this over with it, and if you sisters like, try to listen on the other end without the dark witch detecting your scent, okay.”, Sarah said before she gets up from her chair and heads to her mother’s room.

“Sounds like a plan, come on, sisters, and let’s see what this old witch wants with our little sisters.”, hellhound #5 said before the hellhounds got up from their seats and followed Sarah.

As Sarah approaches the door, she opens the door, closes the door, sees the dark witch chatting with her mother, and gets their attention as they see Sarah standing for orders. Her mother wanted her to come closer, be silent while she and the dark witch were talking, and give her a chance to speak after finishing the conversation.

“I’m glad you came, darling, we were just chatting about our plans for the future of the Netherworld, and it involves us to stand together as a team, right, my milady?”, the dark witch before butchering the mother hellhound.

“Correct, dollface… Mind do us a favour, darling? Take this letter to the evil lord, we’re having lunch with him at our restaurant near the bar to discuss his future plans for the world, although we want to try to kill him before he could achieve his plans.”, mother hellhound said before the dark witch gave the letter to Sarah.

“We appreciate your service to deliver the letter to the evil lord, although I suppose to tell him the schedule for lunch with me and mother hellhound… Now if you excuse me, I have to study the notes for his speech during lunch, and I can tell it’s going to be annoying for the next two hours or more. Good-bye until next time we see each other.”, the dark witch said before she exits the room.

The mother hellhound watched her love partner exit her room, turn her attention to Sarah, and drink a sip of her special wine that butchers human blood mixes with blood oranges.

“You may speak now, my daughter, any opinion you have thought? I can tell your thinking about something that wasn’t pleasing to your ears.”, mother hellhound said before she got up from her bedroom and approached Sarah.

She walks to her back of the body, leaned her body against her warm and strong body, moves her hand up and down the body, and kisses her cheeks before she brushes her hair on the side. She lifts Sarah’s chin up to where she could go deep inside her soul to replace the solution to her worries and kisses her lips before letting Sarah talk. Sarah thought killing the evilest spirit in the whole university could be impossible to do because he’s immortal just like her Lord God, and they can’t be destroyed, however, their spirit could be imprisoned inside the object until a human or warrior set them free with a spell or simply rubbing three times. Although Sarah could sense the presence of multiple spirits inside the witch’s mind that gives her thoughts of opinions and threats in her future, and whenever they speak, it’s like a deadly disease where once you have it, there is no turning back, and not sure how long these voices were whispering in her ears.

“Mother, do you think it’s strange that we should kill the evil lord for the purpose of taking over the Netherworld?”, Sarah asked as calmly.

“No, I think killing the evil lord will solve our problems, darling… He had many of my daughters killed in the past when we took over the Kingdom of Grace, there was a Sorcerer named Archer who used his last strength of magic to blast away our army before he escaped with one leg, unfortunately almost 300 hellhounds were killed and I have to give birth to more than 100 hellhounds plus gaining hellhounds through humans or warriors.”, mother hellhound said as she walks back to her bed and sit down butchering at Sarah.

“How could you trust a witch if you know witches are known for their little tricks and like to turn children into their food?”, Sarah asked.

“If she tries to betray me, then I should have finished the job a few hundred years ago when she spills two glasses of wine on my skin. Otherwise, I trust her with all of my soul, darling, and she made a promise to protect me, you, and your sisters from harm as soon as we figure out the right timing to kill the snake lord for doing his dirty work, okay.”, mother hellhound said.

“I understand, mother, whenever you need us to do, we’ll follow your orders to please you.”, Sarah said.

The mother hellhound gets up from her bed, walks toward the back of her body, places both of her hands on Sarah’s chest, rubs them like they were noticing, and licks her neck before she kisses in the middle.

“Hmmm, I believe you, darling… Although, I want something out of your kindness, Sarah. You don’t think I could remember your name? Sometimes, I don’t like saying my daughters’ names because most of them have similar or unique names that I don’t have time to pronounce. Do me a favour: lay on the bed, relax your body, and be still as a little girl butchering at her mother. Will you do as I say and make me feel so good that I don’t have to listen to her wicked ways?”, mother hellhound whispers in her ear.

Sarah walks to her bed, lay on the comfortable bed, relax her body as her mother gets top on of her body, closes her eyes, and feel her neck was licking and kissing from the top to her stomach, she was moaning for relief of pain coming out of her mind, and given her strength to her mother’s love. The hellhounds could hear Sarah moaning increase and their mother saying phrases to make their love connection more romantic, and continue to listen until they finish with their little fun.

December 4, 2010 (ten past five)

Olivia’s Diary

Dear Madam Diary,

Today was a long day for me as Jessica and I worked for a shoe company called Schuh in Manchester. Yes, I have to work in order to help the Peterson family after they take us in, and my mother would be proud of me working in a shoe company. James and Harry work at a bakery-cafe called Pollen, and I was surprised that Harry could tell whether the puddings were undercooked and overcooked. Annabelle works as an assistant nurse with Sarah at a local hospital called St. Mary, and Jacob and Samuel work at a local church called Christ Church Manchester near my job. Katherine and Lillian stay home to watch Aurther and Thomas while we were working in the morning and Thomas likes to be near Katherine at the time, and even during dinner, no one dares to sit next to Katherine, except for Thomas. When bedtime comes, he mostly spends time sleeping with Katherine or decides to sleep with me or Annabelle. Their flat has an attic room, study room with hundreds of books on shelves, four floors, and a kitchen area run by technology. We also did birthday celebrations like on Lillian’s birthday, we went to eat at a classic french restaurant called Cote Brasserie, which was bloody delicious, and then our waiter was cack-handed when he poured water onto Lillian’s glass until he spilled some water on her dress. My mate, Harry, became shirty and tried to kill him with his claws, however, we all try to calm him down before he goes full werewolf mode and warns him about his aggressive behaviour or it’ll expose our identity, and we don’t want people to turn to our attention. Jessica gave Harry some medicine to control his temper, we asked for a rain check, and headed back flat, while Lillian guided Harry on his feet. Harry felt that Lillian had feelings for him, however, she hasn’t shown emotion on her face since we met her. On my birthday, we took a tour of Manchester to see the culture and the lifestyle people live by, and surprisingly, they didn’t have a Christian school, the level of pissed is higher than Liverpool, and they have multiple night clubs. Sometimes, there were nights that gave us a nightmare like Annabelle dreamed about the world was living in pit black without a light shine through and our parents drowned in the mixer of quicksand and dirty mud; Thomas dreamed about our parents are given a choice to help expand the dark forces or die and become ashes of forgotten land, they chose to not help expand, and their bodies became ashes within seconds. Katherine dreamed her husband, Solomon, lay in their old room in the kingdom, a red rose curtain hanging around the bedroom and close to keep the daylight from awakening her too soon. Then they were making love to each and Solomon told her that she was a beautiful woman and want to have more children soon, until she opened her eyes and saw that wasn’t her husband no more, and woke up in a frightening scream; Lillian dreams her father came into her room to discuss the future of their kingdom, he was proud that he has such beautiful daughters like their mother, brushes her hair on the side, and try to unzip her dress to make love to his daughter. Lillian wasn’t able to move as something to prevent her body from moving freely, and watch his actions leading to his faith turning sinful. I wondered how mother and father were doing these last eight months. I prayed in Jesus’ name that nothing was going to happen to my parents, and if they were dead, then my siblings and I would go to live with Grandmother Mary in Ely. Until next time, have a great evening.

Love

Olivia

She locks her diary before hiding underneath the pillow, and then hears a sudden knocking on the door. Quickly pull out her spellbook to pretend to read on healing spells, saw Lillian enter the room, and she closes the door behind her.

“You seem like a busy swot, what are you reading on, love?“, Lillian said before she budged up with Olivia on the bed.

“Oh, hi, Lillian, I was reading on healing spells… My mother taught me years ago as a young child, and my father taught me powerful spells like fireball, ice, or time frozen when I was 10 years old.“, Olivia said.

“I see, you must like to study about your sorceress culture, love, and perhaps you have five minutes to spare.“, Lillian said.

“Of course, anything for you, Lillian, what’s on your mind?“, Olivia said before she closed her spellbook and placed it on her dresser.

“It’s about your mate, Harry… Um, I’m worried that I might hurt his feelings if I told him about how I feel about his love affection toward me.“, Lillian said.

“No mean to par, I think Harry really likes you more than friends, Lillian, and his previous relationship was with a half-human and half-vampire, which lasted over eight months until his mother forced him to choose between his family or a spoiled little girl who wants his virginity. The worst of all is she was five years younger than him, and a spoiled pre-teen bunch of codswallop for her father’s attention.“, Olivia said.

“Oh, that’s terrible what she did to him, how long ago did he date her?“, Lillian said as she placed her hand on her heart.

“I think it was 2009 Thanksgiving when they announced their relationship, and they were secretly together for a few weeks. His mother fainted on the ground after the announcement, and my father had to make a potion for her head.“, Olivia said before she laughed softly with Lillian.

“Oh, I see, his mother must not like her son dating vampires?“, Lillian whispers to avoid speaking aloud in the flat.

“Harry’s mother was half-human and half-werewolf, and his father was half-human and half-sorcerer. Her kind has been fighting with the vampires over centuries and she forbids her son from dating vampires in their blood.“, Olivia whispers to Lillian.

“Oh, I see, bloody well, and what should I do about his actions, Olivia?“, Lillian asked before she crosses her legs to the right side.

“You should give to know him more about his personality, and I believe you like him too.“, Olivia said.

“Oh, dear child, I’m over 700 years old, and you think I like Harry? Why do you think so?“, Lillian said curiously as she lifted Olivia’s chin up to butcher it into her eyes.

“Yes, just because you lived over centuries, it doesn’t mean you can try to replace love, Lillian. Think about it, how did your mother and father meet?“, Olivia said.

“Hmmm, my mother can tell you more about the first time she meets father years ago, however, she told me that she was then ballroom event where her father hosted to replace a prince to take her hands, and unfortunately, my father has been executed for trespassing the kingdom, and my grandmother saved his life.“, Lillian said.

“Oh, I understand, her father must have no heart for his people, except for money and his pride.“, Olivia said.

“Unfortunately, yes, he was indeed an ungrateful king, however, when my father took the crown, he ruled his people with faith and hope through the wisdom of God… Losing him felt like we lost our faith and dreams of our kingdom leading in the righteous path, and my mother felt apart for one year of sadness.“, Lillian said sadly.

“I’m sorry for your family, Lillian, and no matter what happens next, you won’t be alone because you have us now,″ Olivia said before she grabbed Lillian’s hand.

“I appreciate you, love… My sister was happy to fall in love with James, and they have been going out to places for the last seven months. I didn’t want her to get hurt after what happened to her previous relationship years ago when she got raped and tortured for a week. Both my brothers went after the guy who raped her and showed him no mercy before he was sentenced to life in prison.“, Lillian said as she wipes her tears on the face with her hand.

“I didn’t know she was raped, and I promise to you and our Lord God that James will protect her from danger, even if he sacrifices himself to let her live. As for you, Thomas likes you and your family bloody much that he thinks he gained older siblings and mother. Every night, Thomas mostly sleeps with you or your mother because he doesn’t like to sleep alone and thinks there are creatures underneath his bed.“, Olivia said before she laughed with Lillian.

Lillian thought Olivia was a special person she could talk to other than her mother, hoping that her new family won’t have to live for centuries under the fear and hopelessness throughout the rest of eternity. She thought of Thomas, the day they met was bloody cute that he wouldn’t leave her side until she was happy and peaceful, and sometimes defended her when they went to the park as young men were staring at her beauty. Lillian comes close to Olivia’s side and brushes her hair on the side and kisses her forehead.

“When are you going to tell me that you were writing in your little diary about your daily life?“, Lillian whispers to Olivia.

“I don’t know what you are talking about, and who writes a diary nowadays?“, Olivia said as she avoided telling the truth in Lillian’s eyes.

“Hmmm, you know, it’s not good to lie too much or your lies will grow into sin… It’s okay, I used to write diaries about my daily life and I still do write diaries, including my mother and sister.“, Lillian said.

“Okay, you got me, and wow, you guys wrote diaries for centuries. Do you think your brothers wrote in their journals too?“, Olivia said as she gets a little blushing.

“To be honest, love, they probably do, even though they won’t say. Tell me about your relationship with James. I can sense that you two love each other as brother and sister, however, it seems a little rival too, when it comes to parents’ attention. My brother, Jacob, and I used to fight for our parents’ attention until Sarah was born and we no longer fight because we have a younger sister to take care of.“, Lillian said.

Olivia thought of James as an anorak in men culture and the Bible, everything he says to their parents, makes her mad for some reason, however, she likes to get even with him by playing games and hopefully he gets into serious trouble. Whenever she causes trouble, her parents would ground her for two months without spending time with her mates after school, and avoid seeing her football player crush. When she hears the question that Lillian asked her, the mind becomes lost and her memories begin to spin around like a crazy pinball machine, and she holds her head up to respond as calmly as possible.

“I say we have a good relationship. When we were young, our parents took us to the River Dee, and we played in the water. James thought crabs were walking in the river, scream at the top of his lungs, and our father grabs him to calm down. I was laughing like an angel until a fish touched my feet and I cried to my mother to grab me out of the water, and then we had a furious fight after we came flat… I was jealous of my brother, only because I didn’t like him to tell them about my personal business, and every time I got in trouble, my parents would punish me for two months without spending time with my mates and I was forced to help them in the bakery-cafe. Now… I’m lost, scared, and worried that our world fell into darkness soon, and my little brother kept asking about mother and father, and I couldn’t tell him the truth because I want his happiness to run free forever.“, Olivia said before tears dropped from her eyes rapidly.

“Shhh, it’s going to be okay, love, just calm down and relax your mind. It’s the evil spirit who comes to steal your joy, kill your joy, and destroy your joy… Hey, try to do breathing exercise with me, okay. Take a deep breath to inhale for five seconds and exhale afterwards, and we do this exercise 20 times until we feel relief from anxiety or negative thoughts.“, Lillian said as she hugged Olivia to comfort her sorrow.

Olivia closed her eyes, lay onto Lillian, breathing inhale for five seconds and exhale to release any negative energy coming through her mind, and tried again and again until she no longer felt sorrow and anxiety. One and a half minutes later, Olivia opened her eyes and she could feel the difference in her mood from sorrow to relaxation, thanking Lillian for this advice, and they headed downstairs to the diner where everyone was waiting for them. This evening, Lillian and Katherine made Toad-in-the-hole, cut it into 28 pieces, and Thomas already ate two slices like a little angel was reborn. James and Sarah were laughing at the way Thomas was eating his slices, Jessica and Aurther took their time to enjoy dinner, Harry was waiting for Lillian to come downstairs with Olivia, and Jacob and Samuel were studying their bible verses for upcoming church services.

“Hi, mate, we were already eating dinner… except for me, of course, I was waiting for Lillian, so she won’t feel alone eating.“, Harry said before his face was blushing.

“See, he really likes you, Lillian, and won’t stop until he has won your heart.“, Olivia whispers in Lillian’s ear.

“We’ll see what kind of person he is, love. Now, let’s eat, okay.“, Lillian whispers in Olivia’s ear before they sit down in their chairs.

The dining room was the fanciest decoration they ever saw, there was a 12-piece chandelier shining in a golden yellow, the chairs and the table were made of forest woods and the colours were in forest green with ocean blue highlights. Lillian sits between Harry and her sister, while Olivia sits between James and Thomas, and they quickly say their prayers in silence before eating their dinner. Harry enjoy his food like a proper gentleman to impress his manners to Lillian, Lillian glimpse at Harry for a few seconds before she resumed eating her dinner to avoid talking about his beauty sexuality, and Olivia saw Lillian blushing a bit on her face and whispers to her brother that she’s fallen in love with Harry. James whispered to his lady, Sarah, about how her sister found a crush on Harry, and they laughed softly before Jacob asked about their secret conversation as they continued to laugh.

“What are you all laughing about?“, Jacob asked.

“It’s nothing, brother, we were just talking about our childhood and how we were troublemakers as a young child.“, Sarah said before she continues to laugh softly.

“I see, perhaps you like to share your words about your conversation with James and Olivia, darling.“, Katherine said after she placed her fork and knife down sideways off the top of the plate.

Olivia, James, and Sarah feel awkward about telling the whole group of Lillian’s crush with Harry, so Olivia volunteers to tell her childhood experience and plans to embarrass each of her siblings.

“Okay, you got us, Katherine, Jacob, the reason why we were laughing is I told them a story of James being frightened of crabs in the river and he screamed like a little chipmunk.“, Olivia said before the entire group laughed loudly except for James.

James was blushing on his face in embarrassment after his sister told them that ridiculous story, and then decided to get even with her with the one-story she never wants to remember.

“Ha, ha, ha, bloody funny sister, however, I got a story about how my spoiled sister was afraid of fishes to touch her feet and screamed for our mother to grab her out of the river, and then we went flat to rest.“, James said before the entire group laughs harder than before.

Harry’s laugh sounds like a mad man who needs mental help after going insane for a long time. Lillian’s laugh sounds similar to Harry that their name should be Mr and Mrs Einstein, and the whole group silent for a moment until they both stop laughing as they were butchering each other.

“Lord forgive me what I’m about to say… Bloody hell, mate, you and Lillian were laughing like mad scientists or the worst mad couple who needs lots and lots of mental therapy.“, Olivia said.

“Don’t listen to her, my fair lady, she’s jealous of us because she didn’t save her crush back in Liverpool.“, Harry said before he laughs loudly.

“Oh, you have a crush, Olivia?“, Sarah asked curiously.

“Sarah, are you always this nosy about people’s business? Our Lord, have mercy on my sister, in Jesus name, Amen… So who is the lucky fellow, Olivia? Perhaps we should all meet him as soon this war is over.“, Samuel said before he turns his attention to Olivia.

“Oh my lord, Samuel, really, brother? I thought you say we should be nosy in other people’s business… Olivia, are you okay?“, Jacob said before he witnesses her face blushing redder and stares into her deep thoughts.

“Is she okay, Harry?“, Lillian asked before she tried to wave her hand multiple times.

“Don’t worry, she is always at this stage when her crush comes by with his mates.“, Harry whispers to Lillian before she nods her head in understanding.

“She’ll live, Lillian, she had a crush named Jackson, he’s a football player, who throws a rock at my parents’ bakery-cafe, and my father chased him down in the forest before he turned him into a frog for a week.“, Annabelle said before she and Aurther laugh softly.

“Uh… Annabelle, what did you say?“, Olivia said before she was completely awake.

“I told them about your wally crush and his name, and did father and big brother say to stay away from him? He’s no good, and I remembered when a young girl came back to school butchering terribly after Jackson raped her for his own entertainment.“, Annabelle said.

“What? Annabelle, you sound like a bunch of codswallop right now, Jackson doesn’t rape young women, and he gets all the attention from every age group of girls.“, Olivia said calmly.

“Yes, he does, why do you think mother never talks to you about her encounter with Jackson once? She almost got raped until father came in, Jackson got a little intense, and father chased him and his mates out the door. It seems like you only care about his needs more than his mother’s, however, it’s okay if you didn’t see, and I prayed that you won’t end up becoming his 10th wife.“, Annabelle said calmly.

“Well… Please excuse me from the table, I must get proper sleep tonight before my head explodes in the air, have a good night.“, Olivia said as she gets up from the table and quickly walks upstairs to her room.

The group went silent after Olivia left the table, Sarah and Lillian, excuse themselves from the table to check on Olivia, James pulled Annabelle to the side and questioned her behaviour, and Katherine told her sons to help clear the table and wash the dishes in the sink. Olivia was laying down in her bed, thinking about her sister’s comment about Jackson; at first, she didn’t understand why she tries to ruin her life every day since she had a crush with Jackson and then thought of James’ warning about Jackson. What if she was being tricked the whole time by Jackson’s words? What if she was being raped by his mates while he observes the situation? What if his words mean nothing to her beauty or her kindness? What if she decided to live with Jackson and never see her family for years? Every thought she could think, there is a possibility that her decision may affect the relationship with her family and friends. A sudden knocking she heard on the knock, hid under the blanket, and pretended to sleep until there was no more sound coming from the other side of the door. Sarah and Lillian enter the room quietly, saw Olivia laying on her bed in peace, they approach the bed, shake her gently to awaken her, and she opens her eyes and sits upon the bed.

“Lillian? Sarah? Is everything okay downstairs?“, Olivia said softly as she was covering her yawn with her hand.

“Everything’s okay downstairs, we follow you to your room to check on you, angel. Those were not good exchange words between you and Annabelle, tell us what’s on your mind.“, Sarah said before they budge up with Olivia on each side.

“You can tell us anything in your mind, and we’ll keep between the three of us, okay, love.“, Lillian said before she grabs her hands.

“Okay, and before I speak what’s going on in my mind, I need to ask, what’s the symbol on your necklace.“, Olivia said as she witnessed Lillian’s and Sarah’s necklace glowing forest green.

Lillian and Sarah exchange butchers for a second as they see each other’s necklace glowing, hold their symbol of enchantress Evelyn necklace, and turn their attention to Olivia.

“Don’t change the subject, love, and our necklaces were passed down to the princesses of the Kingdom of Grace. We’ll tell you more about it later, and now you need to tell us what’s on your mind.“, Lillian said as she holds Olivia around her arms.

“Okay… Annabelle was the most spoiled and anorak sister I ever met, mother and father would give her a library card to let her read history books for hours, the school teachers give her praise for being in the top 10 students in the school, and she was awarded three scholarships to pay for her choice of college. I’m so mad right now that I don’t know my own sister any more, including my brother, James, and only Thomas reminds himself and not try to show off like those cheeky siblings. Bloody hell…“, Olivia said impatiently before she nods her head in disappointment.

“Sometimes, when one sibling goes blind to aware, your siblings are the one who has to help you see it’s true colours. Our father taught us that if anyone in our family is in danger or become lost, we need to guide each other into the righteous path until they are able to see the true side of the world again.“, Sarah said.

“I remember when I used to date bad men in the kingdom, we called them hunters of the outlandish because they have no room for romance in their souls, and my father told me instead of giving up on my dreams for their desires, replace out whether or not they mean for you and want to start a family.“, Lillian said.

“I wonder if my mother was actually hurt from an encounter with Jackson, and if he did hurt her, then why did he try to impress me with his butchers?“, Olivia said curiously.

“Maybe he was butchering his next victim and he did get you in his daydream beauty, however, he didn’t catch you because of your parents’ protection, and they love you so bloody that they won’t let anything happen to you or your siblings.“, Sarah said.

“Yes? You’re right, I can’t believe I have fallen for a spoiled football player who is 20 years older than me. What a bunch of codswallop I am to my siblings, and I should go apologies to my parents as soon as we see them again.“, Olivia said before she slightly smiled.

“That’s a good spirit, now get some rest, okay. We’ll see you in the morning, goodnight, love.“, Lillian said before she rubs Olivia’s cheek.

“Yes, we’ll see you in the morning, okay, don’t let this night become your undoing, instead, think of the joy you have with your family and friends. Goodnight, Olivia, heavenly dreams.“, Sarah said before she helps tuck in Olivia under the blanket.

“Goodnight, Sarah, goodnight, Lillian, heavenly dreams.“, Olivia said before she resumes back into her deep thoughts.

After Lillian and Sarah close the door behind them, they head back to the diner room, give a report that Olivia was a little upset about her crush, and Annabelle hasn’t finished her dinner since James had a short conversation with her, and decided to let Annabelle sleep with his brothers and Sarah. After 30 minutes of relaxing in their rooms, the entire group fell into a deep slumber, including the rest of the citizens, except for people who party at nightclubs and believes the night should rule the world forever, however, without the balance between the day and night, darkness can erupt the Earth’s surface and spread their dark magic on Earth as they watch people turn against each other and kill their own kind until it becomes existence.

December 5, 2010 (twenty-past three)

Thomas was peacefully asleep, cuddling with Katherine, visioning his flat living in darkness as his spirit dropped from the sky, and landed it on top of the hotel. He got inside the hotel through the window, investigated the hotel, and placed a protection spell to prevent any dark presence contact through spirituality. The cages were filled with thousands of human skeleton bones, the floor was made of iron thorns that prevent humans from escaping freely. Thomas hears unknown voices coming from the cage at the farthest down the hall, as he gets close to the cage, he saw a long rusted chain down on the cage and decided to climb up. When he climbed inside the cage, his face was gobsmacked to see his parents alive and jump into their arms, Elizabeth felt something was pulling down their chain until they saw their son climbing up to the top, and her eyes were filled with joy. William could be more proud to see his son again, and now his negative thoughts are no longer bothering his mind, and they place him on the ground to chat quickly.

“Our sweet boy, how did you replace us, darling?“, Elizabeth said.

“I was asleep seconds ago, and now my spirit leads me to you. We miss you, mother and father, especially me, and I made some pretty friends along the way.“, Thomas said.

“That’s good, son, we praise our Lord for our children being safe and replaceing new friends. How are you and your siblings doing?“, William said.

“Well, we met the pretty mother and her children, they were cursed by the leader of the dark forces who possessed the former king and lived for centuries. James started to date one of the pretty ladies, Olivia got into a fight with James and Annabelle, and Annabelle finally expressed her feelings about Aurther.“, Thomas said.

“Oh, bloody hell… Forgive me, my Lord, I need to work some manners on my daughters without anger.“, William said in silence to avoid Thomas hearing his words.

“Mother, father, I wonder why you have chains on your hands and feet. When are you going to be flat with us?“, Thomas said before he pulls one of their chains.

“Good question, darling… Listen, no matter what happens to us, I want to say I’m blessed to have a younger son, and someday you might have to follow your path. Oh, happy late birthday, Thomas, and we’re sorry to miss your birthday celebration.

“Happy late birthday, Thomas, and now we love you and your siblings so much…“, William said before he sensed something miles away.

“What’s wrong, dear? Is everything okay?“, Elizabeth said as Thomas pulls the chains.

“They’re coming, Elizabeth… Thomas, butcher at me, son, I need you to leg it as fast as you can until you awake. This place isn’t for innocent children like you, tell your siblings we miss them and deal with their childish ways as soon after we escaped from this place.“, William said before he hugged his son.

“We love you, darling, and we pray that we’ll be reunited someday… Now, leg it, as far away as possible before they catch you and be careful, sweet angel.“, Elizabeth said before she hugs her son.

Thomas says his farewell to his parents, climbs down from the cage, and leg it toward the exit, however, he seems a dark shadow covering everything from its path, he quickly legs it toward the exit and then continues to safety as the dark shadow catches up his speed. 15 minutes later, Thomas awakened from his vision, saw Katherine and Lillian worried sick about his health, and Lillian placed her hand on his forehead to check the temperature.

“Are you okay, love?“, Lillian asked as she rubbed his cheeks.

“I’m okay, I just have the weirdest vision about my mother and father being in prison by the dark forces. I miss them so much that they tear my heart in half if something happens to them.“, Thomas said before he felt a little depressed.

“It’s going to be okay, little angel, we are going to replace a way to rescue your parents. Do you like to drink water or orange juice to calm down the nerves inside your mind?“, Katherine said as she holds Thomas in her arms.

“Water will be nice, pretty please, and thank you.“, Thomas said.

“My mother and I will be right back, okay, love. Try to clear your mind before we come back upstairs with your water.“, Lillian said before Katherine gently placed Thomas on the bed with a blanket underneath.

Katherine let the door open at an acute angle, and she whispers to Lillian about their situation. A few moments later, they enter the room, where Thomas was waiting patiently to drink his water, Lillian kissed him goodnight, and returned to her room; Katherine lay back down in her bed with Thomas, and he quickly fell asleep in his as. She held her necklace of an enchantress Evelyn for guidelines to survive the world of unholiness land, and say a quick prayer before going to s

“Dear Heavenly Father God, I thank you for protecting us every day and night, I thank you for letting my children experience new things that they’re not familiar with, and I thank you for letting us meet new people. I ask in the name of Jesus, to protect the children from having constant nightmares, protect their parents from harm, and protect this sweet little child from his nightmares overpowering his freedom. In Jesus name, I pray, Amen.“, Katherine said in a soft tone.

She closes her eyes and cuddling next to Thomas to make sure he doesn’t get frightened from his dreams again, the outside world was in complete silence as the wind breeze in the rhythm of the drum, the trees are dancing in the wind and moon, and the sky seems clear over the last couple nights until the unknown comes through the clouds.